The return of my thursday themes is brought to you by me hunting through pages and pages of vintage searches on Etsy. Teal is great, I need more of this colour in my life.

Things:

1. (middle) Lunch Box and Thermos Set ($22) 2. (top left, clockwise) Diner Style Insulated Coffee Server ($11.50) 3. 3 Yards of Lace ($2.85) 4. Postage Stamps ($4.50) 5. Bon Appetit Mugs ($15) 6. Pint Sized Thermos ($12) 7. 50s phone ($45) 8. Sweet Sweet Syrup ($10) 9. Luggage Set ($38) 10. Book Metal Holders ($sold) 11. Mushroom and Dragonfly Mugs ($7) 12. owl weight balance ($16) 13. 1950s Plastic Refrigerator Set ($16)

Clothes:

1. 70s Short Sleeve Dainty Dress ($22) 2. 1980s Nautical dress ($56) 3. The Polka Dot Lace Dress ($38) 4. Green Sweater ($12) 5. 1960s Color Block Dress ($69) 6. Silk Wiggle Dress ($44) 7. Flirty 1980s Small Bow Handbag ($10) 8. Fleur De Lis Jewelry Case ($19) 9. 80s MOCK CROC Handbag Purse ($20)

I’ve been on a bit of a painting kick lately. I tend to work in my sketchbook a lot so it’s nice to do something more solid and final feeling for a change.

Contact me or see my Etsy shop if you’d like to have one.

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I now have a whole bunch of prints listed on my Etsy shop, and to celebrate and give of them a bit of a launch I’m offering all of my Polaroid prints as buy one get one free for the rest of October. Add the code: oohprints in the “message to seller” box at checkout, along with which 2nd print you would like (of equal or lower value) to get your free print!

Flickr:

1. 090408: bike, 2. lost on the bike trail, 3. TAL bike,
4. don’t look back, 5. the bike, 6. Mexican Taco Shack by Evan Hecox

Etsy:

1. (middle) Bike Series fine art prints ($80 for 6) 2. Schwinn bicycle t-shirt ($18) 3. Keep Calm and Ride On print ($22.50) 4. Photo Cameo necklace ($25) 5. Messenger Boy and Bike ring ($95) 6. Bicycle built for two letterpress ($4)  7. Bicycle necklace ($30) 8. Bicycle built for two t-shirt ($22) 9. Amsterdam Errands card ($4) 10. Vintage Bicycle Pendant Necklace ($34) 11. Bicycle love badges ($2.50) 12. Old Fashioned Bike sculpture ($20) 13. ‘Lil high wheel bicycle earrings ($12)

I love the way the blue necklace is packaged.

1. (large center) sam and his balloons contact, 2. 10/03/2007, 3. Untitled, 4. the next four years, 5. Untitled, 6. whiteballoonsandalightswitch, 7. Andrea Galvani, 8. Girl in violet dress, 9. high as balloon, pure as fawn, 10. for those who needed some happy today, 11. Untitled, 12. Untitled 13. big max

Etsy items:

1. The story of the sleeping red balloon ($18) 2. Balloon Pin ($7) 3. Secrets and Balloons ($20) 4. Balloons ($25) 5. your love lifts me brooch ($7) 6.  Happy Balloon Day ($2.50)

Flickr Finds:

1 (large). the world is controlled by a rabbit, 2. rabbit, 3. sweethearts, 4. bunny biscuits, 5. Dear Alice…, 6. Bunny, 7. if you go chasing rabbits, 8. rabbit hat, 9. Singled Out Again, (I actually bought this from her etsy shop) 10. Rabbit, 11. This is where everything changed., 12. your secret flesh., 13. 82708: Cheddar Bunnies

Etsy Items:

1 (large). Silhouette Playing with Bunnies Oval Necklace ($17) 2. Bunny Royale – Antique Ledger Paper Collage ($25) 3. Fancy Rabbit Field Bag ($20) 4. I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date Fused Glass Pendant ($18) 5. Happy Rabbits Grey Gocco Print ($10) 6. Taxidermy Bunny Wall Wear ($65) 7. Vintage Bunnies cameo necklace ($25) 8. The Original Bunny Trio Necklace ($12) 9.White Rabbit Hair Comb ($15) 10. Marshmallow original watercolour painting ($80) 11. The Side Saddled Bird Rider pendant ($18.50) 12. Sterling bunny necklace ($25) 13. Blue Bunny, Small Print ($18)

Oh how I want a real one hopping about the room.

Last night I had my first night class in photography. It was mostly talking over the basics so I have nothing to show, but it did inspire today’s theme, cameras!

1. polaroid onestep., 2. they come out best on kodak, 3. old camera, 4. Untitled, 5. Ode to Polaroid, 6. d21, 7. Nikon FG, 8. 110camera//phoneix, 9. lights, camera, action!, 10. Button Designs, 11. Illustration Friday, 12. 531601197433915, 13. czechoslovakian matchbox label

I can’t remember where I found images 6 and 12, if anyone has any idea who created them please leave a comment so I can link to them.

Also, I found lots of lovely camera themed items for sale on etsy.

1. Toy camera zine by anongrrl ($2.50) 2. Digital illustration print by whatkatiedoes ($14) 3. Oven mitt and pot holder set by girlscantell ($20) 4. Embroidered pocket journal by nowvember ($10) 5. 9oz bowl by CircaCeramics ($20) 6. Vintage ladybird book by littlebrownmagpie ($2.50)

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